broadband venture seminar presented for april 6, 2001

Broadband Venture Seminar

Presented for

April 6, April 6, 20012001

April 6, 2001


Speakers & Topic Highlights...

The Future of Broadband Communications - YAS VisionRouzbeh YassiniFounder & CEOYAS Broadband Ventures, LLC

The Broadband Economy . . . 15 Year VisionJim AlbrychtVice President, Chief Marketing OfficerYAS Broadband Ventures, LLC

Broadband Architecture, Technology, DeploymentDennis PickerExecutive Consultant, Chief Technology OfficerYAS Broadband Ventures, LLC

The Role of Education, Government & Industry in BroadbandDr. Siamak YassiniVice President, Chief Business StrategistYAS Broadband Ventures, LLC

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The Future of Broadband Communications - YAS Vision

Rouzbeh Yassini

Founder & CEOYAS Broadband Ventures, LLC

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Global Economy

Agricultural Age (29,500 Years)

Industrial Age (500 Years)

Information Age ( 25 Years …)

Space Age


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World Wide Connection

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World Wide Connection

13, 258 Mbps

1,754 Mbps

170 Mbps

152 Mbps

69 Mbps

5,916 Mbps

94 Mbps

AsiaOcean

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Consumer Demand

Home User E-Mail, Chat Web Surfing Music Delivery Game Playing Telephony

Educational Support

Learn @ Home School

Administration Distance Learning

Medical Patient Monitoring Medical Images Remote Diagnostics Telemedicine

Work @ Home Video Conferencing Intranet Access Network Management Shared Whiteboarding Research

Global Commerce Home-Based Shopping Real Estate, Insurance DMV, Local Town B2B, B2C

Publishing Business Book On-Demand Printing Shop Media Center

Phone line, Cable TV Power Lines, Satellite, Fixed Wireless

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Consumer Appliances

Internet Smell Detector

Home ManagementInternet Refrigerator

Internet Car

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Broadband Facts

4 million Broadband modems operational at end of 2000…

Broadband market place currently estimated at $3 Trillion +

Doorway to new industry & economy

Forbes 500 currently spending hundreds of billions of dollars annually

By year 2005 projected 50+ million homes connected

US is primary driver of global Broadband technologies

Number of people connected to NET (100 M +)

That is the Way

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Broadband Food Chain

Connection = fat pipe “superhighway” Content = value to customer Security = privacy & confidentiality

Manageability= quality & service

Environment = saves the Mother Earth

TIME: the most precious commodity

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West Virginia Economy Facts

Private investment in WV is the lowest in 50 states

Old economy based

Job growth has been slow & continued to be low

Personal income expanding but falling behind

Population is slipping away

Gross State Product ( GSP) ranked last in the nation in nominal GSP per capita in 1998

West Virginia is bottom 5 among all other states from business start-ups

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West Virginia Opportunity

Washington, DC

Wheeling

Clarksburg

MorgantownFairmont

Pittsburgh, PA

Columbus, OH

Charleston

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West Virginia Opportunity

Washington, DC

Wheeling

Clarksburg

Morgantown

Fairmont

Pittsburgh, PA

Columbus, OH

Charleston

OC-192

OC-192

OC-192

OC-192

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West Virginia & Broadband?

“Land of Opportunity”

15 Year Vision to Enable West Virginia to Lead the Information Technology Roadmap

Fortune 500 Growing Pain Environmental Reality Industrial Age Broken Elements

Why is Needed

What is Required

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Fortune 500

University Infrastructure

Privatestart-up

GovernmentSupport



Broadband Vision for West Virginia

LocalBusiness

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YAS Initiatives

Empower WVU & WV with Broadband Vision & Leadership

Enable the local investors to see the vision & its value

Create 3, 5, 10, & 15 years road map with & for the community

Engage corporate America, US ventures & local talent

Launch a program to position WV Broadband capabilities to Fortune 500

Conduct YAS Broadband Seminars “inform the local community”

Create the venture based incubators

Provide leadership, manage & add energy to put WV on the world map

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15 Year Vision

Make WV as Switzerland of information highway - Data Mine - Security

- Power Resources - Network Operation Center

Enable private market to take advantage of WV State assets (best kept secret) Low cost of labor Technology leadership New economy opportunity

WVU to be the state-of-the-art organization in Broadband communication

Create venture based start-up to bring in private investors

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3 Year Plan

Key Objectives: Create start-up companies within technology incubator Position WVU as a Voice & Video Data Center for US Internet–II connection to greater Morgantown, WV network Make Morgantown & WV key location for global Data Mine Engage Fortune 500 deeply to the process Communication Academy for Broadband Broadband laboratory for Corporate America “ 50K sq ft.

facility”

Educational Initiatives:

International telecommunication symposium

Global international student exchange

R&D in field of next generation Broadband technology

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WTheBroadbandorkplace

Broadband, That is the way

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Internet

“Voice, Data, & Video”

Greater MorgantownBroadband Network

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Summary

Broadband is the jewel of the “Information Age”

Global Economy is riding on Broadband

Important source of new revenues

West Virginia will be an important part of the Information Age

West Virginia will be the Switzerland of the Information Age

West Virginia will lead the state economy to the next chapter

That is the Way

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Information Age Empowered By West Virginia


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The Broadband Economy…

15 Year Vision

Jim Albrycht

Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer,YAS Broadband Ventures, LLC

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The Broadband Economy - 15 Year Vision

Global Broadband View

To be a world class economy, a global leader, a nation who is supported by local communities, must be either in the . . .

Personal Transportation Business

OR

Personal Communications Business.. preferably both

. . .is about connecting people.. Faster & Better ..

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What is Broadband?

Broadband communications changes everything for the better across the community

Consumer & Producer Network Operators Services Providers

And saves the environment at the same time

All Boats Rise with the Tide . . .

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Land of Opportunities

The Broadband communications infrastructure is built by enterprises . . But is usually driven by the consumer & business. . . who have demanding needs

Need leadership to make sure infrastructurebuilding & user demand both develop in balance

Anything, Anywhere, Anytime

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Economy Builder

Coordinated Program Build Infrastructure Build Up Demand for Broadband Build Up Broadband Business

Today, there are 3 (Phone, TV, Internet) separate global networks available mostly everywhere . . .

When they are integrated into each other, forming a Broadband experience & infrastructure, they become part of local economy builder

Forming a Broadband experience & infrastructure… they become the local economy builder

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Power of Broadband

The economic power of Broadband is it’s ability for the information consumer . . . to also become an information producer

Whereby everyone’s finished product becomesthe next person’s raw materials

Enabling a self-producing, ever-growing globalknowledge factory

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Quality of Life

Broadband communications introduces “global presence” to new local economies, enabling a better quality of life for each & every one of us

Broadband communications is environmentally sound

Broadband improves per capita income

preserves life’s most valued asset . . . TIME

No HarmfulGlobal Warming

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Information Age “Broadband Way”

Like the interstate highways . . . Broadband construction Can begin any place at anytime Can all connect together over time

As long as there is an Overall Strategy& Leadership in place, using agreed open standards

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The Broadband Internet is an imaging centric common language communications tool that . . .

Facilitates multicultural understanding among allpeople.. with common interests everywhere

Creates a global marketplace

Is augmented by the universal languages of music & mathematicsas well as speech & text

Forms the complete global Broadband communications experience for

business & entertainment story telling real time interactions & transactions



Broadband Communicator

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The Future of Broadband Communication - YAS Vision

Service Providers

Neighborhood-Video-Music-Office

Your Home-TV-Radio-PhoneVacation

House-Small Office-Video-Conferencing

Shopping-Information Appliances-Multimedia

Connected Community

My Home-Newspaper-Games-Email

The Office-Share White Board-B2B

Public Services -DMV-Real Estate

Broadcast Media-Printing-Media Center

Post Office

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Consumer Appliances

Expressing personal preferences . . with friends . . . requires the Broadband experience to meet impulsive moods

The Broadband Internet is enabling a new round of . . . consumer electronic home appliances for

Entertainment Communications Conveniences

Work Appliances

Tele-presence appliance with video conferencing and shared whiteboard

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Resources

The local knowledge & power base to build & operate the initial network comes from the experience of building

Government Corporate Community networks Universities Enterprise networks

The knowledge base to build & operate the Broadband network comes from

Cable companies Telephone companies Power companies in conjunction with Fortune 500 companies

All in turn, get connected to the global Broadband. . . at

a major city internetworking point

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Technology Available

As the abundance of today’s scarce Broadband resources continue to increase . . .

They will continue to create greater opportunity

for West Virginia

This transition process is the fuel to power the growth of our new economy by your leadership

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15 Year Vision

“Broadband is enabling communities anytime, anywhere to enjoy the fruits of a global economy empowered by Broadband infrastructure across

their communities”

“West Virginia, Broadband is your opportunity”Bring West Virginia to World World to West Virginia

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BROADBAND

Architecture

Technology

Deployment

Dennis Picker

VP, Chief Technology OfficerYAS Broadband Ventures, LLC

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Broadband Architecture, Technology, Deployment

Broadband & WV

Broadband Architecture

Broadband Food Chain

Broadband Technologies & Equipment

Deployment

Summary

Agenda

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What Can Broadband Bring to West Virginia? Huge information transport capacity per capita allows:

Remote people & sites become the same as local– Basis for new business

Customized Information on Demand– Basis for enhanced training

Personalized Entertainment on Demand– Improved quality of life

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Why Do We Need Broadband?

Dial up modem:56,000 bits/second

Broadband connection:1 to 10 Million bits/second

Audio: 100,000 bpsVideo conferencing: 500,000 to 5,000,000 bpsMovies: 3,000,000 bpsRemote is like local: 10,000,000 bps

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Morgantown

Charleston

Backbone

Switch

Optical

Fiber

REGIONAL

BACKBONE

NETWORK

“Last

Mile”

LinksACCESS

NETWORK

Access

Controller

HOME

NETWORK

HIGH SPEED LINKS TO

NATIONAL BACKBONE

Server

A New Infrastructure

For Transporting Information


HIGH SPEED LINKS TO

NATIONAL BACKBONE

Server

A New Infrastructure

For Transporting Information

Broadband Architecture


HOME

NETWORK

ACCESS

NETWORK

“Last

Mile”

Links

Access

Controller

Morgantown

Charleston

Backbone

Switch

Optical

Fiber

REGIONAL

BACKBONE

NETWORK

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Broadband Food Chain Subscribers “Consumers” Large & small business Universities, hospitals, clinics Home workers

Service Providers Network Content Additional Service

Government City State Federal

Product Suppliers Network

equipment Servers PC’s Appliances Software

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Backbone Technologies

Backbone Transmission Current: Microwave, Fiber

10 Mbps to 1,000 Mbps Emerging: Advanced fiber (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing Architecture -

DWDMA) 1,000,000 Mbps

Backbone Switching Current: Electronic switches, routers & muxes Emerging: Optical switches

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Access Technologies

Current Access Transmission: Hybrid fiber coax (cable TV companies) Copper (local telephone companies)

Emerging Access Transmission: Satellite (satellite TV companies) Power line

Further Out: Terrestrial wireless (new carriers) All Fiber to home (future investment)

All will benefit from standardization & intense ongoing

development while consumers

experience lower costs & higher performance

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Consumer Appliances

Current Broadband Appliances Cable modems for personal computer Digital set top boxes with TVs & PCs DSL modems with PCs

Emerging New Home Appliances Broadband gateways Telephony adapters Internet appliances

Emerging New Office Appliances Advanced Conferencing Products

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Small Office and Home Networking Technologies Using phone wiring Wireless Power line Cable TV line

Are all emerging & changing rapidly, more & more “consumer” products are

including home networking

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Network Infrastructure

Software for network management Software for service management

Network Operations Tools

Security & network operation are key to large

scale deployment & both are in their infancy stage

Network Security Tools

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Technology Summary

All the technologies & products exist today for large scale deployment

Prices are dropping Network performance is increasing Lots of effort is going into mastering home

networking, it is happening

We will soon see a tidal wave of new

services & applications that will be created to

exploit the Broadband networks

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Steps to Building Broadband

Enhance national backbone Construct an optical

regional backbone Upgrade the access

network Install access network

central office equipment Install customer equipment

Install internet services Install customer service

systems Install network

operations center Train installation/service

workforce Deploy value added

services Market the service

Service activation: Infrastructure:

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Deployment Challenges

Leadership, vision & desire to win

Availability of private investment

Trained workforce Creating new network

services

A Role for a West Virginia Initiative!

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A West Virginia Deployment Roadmap Integrate & create the WV

regional Broadband network

Attract Fortune 500 corporations as customers

Develop new private Broadband businesses in West Virginia Broadband network

operation center Genomics processing Software based business Disaster recovery Data warehouse

Create Office of Broadband Development Coordinate investment &

carrier activity Stimulate formation of

Broadband-related businesses

Stimulate Broadband research & workforce training

Market WV as a global Broadband center

Train West Virginians to fill network operations jobs

That is the way

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The Role of Industry, Education, & Government in Building Broadband

Dr. Siamak Yassini

VP, Chief Business Strategist YAS Broadband Ventures, LLC

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The Role of Industry, Education, and Government in Building Broadband

Broadband

March 23, 2001- Reuters-Polo Alto, CA “ In his first official visit to Silicon Valley, U.S Commerce

Secretary Donald Evans cited the shortage of Broadband internet access as one of the first country’s most pressing technology concerns, & said it should be considered as a serious as shortage of good highways”

“ Secretary Evans put Broadband on top of technology agenda” “To me”, continued

Secretary Evans

“( Broadband) is a pretty fundamental

part of our infrastructure”

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Work Place

1900 - Oil based industry supports millions of people to go to a place called “WORK” everyday

Created new jobs Build cities up to 15

Million people Build national economy Impact

• Caused environmental issues• Ending with energy crisis• Not scaleable


2000- Information based industry supports billions of people to stay in place called

“HOME” to perform work Improved quality of life Virtual workplace “ Global

Footprint” Ubiquitous highway for

commerce Impact

• Social issues• Education of popular mass• Timing

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Corporate America used the technology for factory automation (GM, Ford,etc)

U.S. government used Broadband for facility wide network ( Rock Island Arsenal in IL)

Universities used for campus wide network(Emory University, University of Michigan)

Cable operator & phone companies empoweredthe consumers (All over US, 400 sites were tried)

Millions are using Broadbandtechnology worldwide

Billions will use Broadbandtechnology worldwide


Broadband Deployment 1984 - 2010


Need to scale it to 100+ Million

1984

1988

1991

1995

2001

2010

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West Virginia & Broadband


Enable the best in the class regional Broadband services

Connect WV regional Broadband to national Broadband at Internet-II speed “ highest speed”

Encourage universities, researchers, & start-up to solve the missing link of Broadband evolution

Working with Fortune 500’s, enable new services for commerce, education, & consumers “Make Mountain Valley Broadband Mecca of the World”

Engage state & federal government to encourage the private industry to build a National Broadband Footprint

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Role of Corporate America


Continue building state of the art Broadband networks

Deliver information, news, personalized entertainment,& media rich content as easy as TV & radio

Champion open standards, scalable network, & secure solution

Develop affordable prices

Create a positive cash flow business model for producer & consumer

Transition Corporate America business to information based solutions, “Remote & Local Thinking”

Build global operation center, & qualityservice support for each consumer

By July 4, 2010, a home user will be able to receive & send

more information than the National Science Foundation

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Educational Institute Role


Educate next level of Broadband engineers & scientists

Resolve the existing technology short coming “ security & ease of use”

Invent new technology to build next generation of software based appliances

WVU becomes an international center of excellence for Broadband

Create Broadband certification program

Empower our researchers & facultyto research the next generation ofBroadband

Broadband is a platform to reform our

educational system as well

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Government Support


Empower private enterprise to build Broadband dream Simplify the public policy to speed up the Broadband dream

Adjust copyright, patent, & Intellectual property right for digital age

Create office of “Broadband Development” to eliminate obstacles regulations

Innovation, Encouragement,Tax Relief, Creativity,

Leadership, & Execution are the key to United States leadership in

Broadband

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Broadband Ventures Seminar


Empowering consumers & producers

WV passport to well deserved opportunityin new era

Doorway to global economy for all man kind

Our best tools & invention to protect theMother Earth

Creating new economy that works forour children’s future

This is the way

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Broadband, That is the wayThe Role of Industry, Education, and Government in Building Broadband

WTheBroadbandorkplace

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Documents

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